homemade food recipe

[Petunia]

I'm looking for the recipe for homemade food. It's for saltwater fish and corals, and includes the mircoplankton liquid. I seen it somewhere on the net, but I can't find it now.

Does anyone know what or, where, it is?

[DevilBoy]

what do you mean by homemade?? the type where you buy shrimp, mussels, and other seafood and chop it up in a food processor? or i have another type of food i use also, its called reef chili, that is also homemade but it is a powder, and i did buy it off the internet.

[jwitham]

I remember the recipe you are referencing but I can't seem to find it on the net either. I will give you the one I use that was loosely based on the internet one of old.

1/2 bag Walmart or Superstore raw seafood chowder assortment
(Make sure it includes cuttlefish, mussels, and clams)
1/2 squeezed fresh lime
1/4 cup spirulina (Reef Star or equivanlent)
1/4 cup Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef
2 tspns Selcon
2 tblspns Kent Microvert
2 tblspns Kent Phytoplanton (Phytoplex)
Big Squirt Kent Garlic Extreme (Optional)
1/4 cup Cyclo-eeze Flakes (Optional)
2 Health Food Store type Dry Liver Powder Tablets
1/2 cup Water

Thaw the cheapo seafood mix first by rinsing it thoroughly with hot water. Stick it in a food processor and chop it till very fine. Throw in the rest of the concoction and buzz it till uniform color. Freeze it in mini cube trays for a couple of days to kill any lingering evil bugs. Pop the cubes out and store them in a zip lock bag.

When feeding simply grate a cube with a lemon zester onto the top of the tank water. For your anemones your will have to break off a small chunk and let it thaw and then place it into the oral cavity with tweezers or a suction tube.

Warning! Do not place a frozen piece near or onto an anemone or soft coral. They will fold up and turn grey for a couple of hours and scare the heck out of you!

I have pretty simple tank setups with just sponge filters, live rock, nitrate mud, and air skimmers for filtration (I hate gadgets and noise!). This mix seems to keep everybody happy with no danger of spikes in nitrites or nitrates. It has the advantage of allowing a bit of occasional overfeeding without causing cloudy water near the bottom of the tank.

Maybe try a small batch first and see how your crew likes it.

The only caution that I would give is that if you have a lot of reef custodians crawling around the rock and substrate you will have to supplement with some sinking food just to keep 'em fat and happy. This stuff is pretty much neutrally bouyant and never really gets to the bottom.

J

[Beng]

Would this be it:
http://www.melevsreef.com/food.html

While you're there, check out his other pages/articles, it's insane.


Beng

[jwitham]

That wasn't the one I was thinking of but what a great site!
J

[Petunia]

Thanks! They both will help.

I thought that I seen a recipe from Eric Borneman once, but can't find it anywhere. Doesn't matter... I have these two to use now.

Has anyone tried making their own? If so, what were you're results?

I'm gonna try making some and I'll let you know what kind of mess I come up with... giggle